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Alan has been a sailor for nearly all of his life.

From his cadet days at Elsinore
Naval Academy in the mid fifties, to volunteer service as a Coast Guard Auxiliarist patrolling the Ports of
Los Angeles and Long Beach during Operation Noble Eagle following the September 11th 2001 attack on the United States, to his present assignment as Port Captain of a San Diego commercial maritime operation .

Professional Background

So much so that unlike San Diego’s major criminal defense law firms that charge Sailors and Marines as much as $8,590.00 in Attorney’s Fees for
a first-time DUI, Alan represents military personnel for the discounted fee of $1,200.00 in all San Diego County misdemeanor DUI
cases.

Alan has thirty-two years
of criminal defense trial experience and endears to W. C. Field’s famous quip: “Talk’s cheap; it takes money
to buy whiskey!”

He is extremely committed to the delivery of experienced high-quality aggressive representation to military personnel (and civilians) charged with crimes.

Alan is a highly respected Criminal Defense Trial Attorney.

He earned an Associate of Arts Degree in Political Science from San Bernardino Valley College in 1969, a Bachelor of Science in Law Degree from Western State University College of Law in 1971, and a Juris Doctor Degree from California Southern Law School in 1975.

A partial list of clients Alan has defended in death penalty murder cases includes:

• People v. Steven Emil Braunwalder
  
• People v. Cynthia Coffman, et al. People v. David Crew
  
• People v. Horace Kelly
  
• People v. Jimmy Dale
• Kelley (Pending Trial 10/2008)
  
• People v. Ronald Eugene Lanphear
  
• People v. Kelvin Shelby Malone
  
• People v. Louis Mitchell, Jr.
  
• People v. Ronald Eugene Reeve
  
• People v. William Manual Souza
  
• People v. Phillip Edward Walz
  
• People v. Danny Floyd Williamson

Affiliations:            
Veterans of Foreign Wars ~ American Merchant Marine Veterans ~ U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

Public Service
Deployed to Arabian/Persian Gulf (February 2003) as Radio
Electronics Technician 2nd Class aboard USNS Guadalupe T-AO 200 to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Recipient of U.S. Merchant Marine Overseas Expeditionary Citation.

Alan was admitted to the California Bar on December 19th 1975.

He is also admitted to the Bars of the

• U.S. Supreme Court,
• Nebraska Supreme Court (Inactive),
• U.S. Court of Appeals,
• 9th Circuit and
• the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Southern,
  and Eastern Districts of California

Alan has proven skills as a Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer.

For the past thirty-two years Alan has been defending clients charged with capital murder, murder, serious felonies and lesser crimes.

His private law practice is devoted exclusively to criminal defense. The emphasis of his practice is representing clients in complex death-penalty cases. His experience in such cases is impressive.

I’m a skillful Criminal Defense Trial Attorney with thirty-two years of experience and the proven ability to deliver outstanding results in State and Federal felony, misdemeanor and juvenile cases.

Initial consultation is free.

My fees are reasonable and structured meaning that you do not pay for services beyond those that I actually perform.

I personally represent my clients in each and every aspect of their case, always appearing with them in court, whether it is a complex death-penalty case or a DUI.

I work closely with my clients analyzing their case, developing trial strategies, and managing all aspects of pre-trial and trial proceedings including litigation.

A Message from
Admiral Brewer dated 3/26/03 to all MSC.
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Alan served as a Radio Electronics Technician 2nd Class,
a role in which he manned secure communications, including STUIII, NIPRNET, SIPRNET, Red Phone, B.E.S.T., CUDIXS, and Whiskey 3.

He was responsible for security and inventory activities
of Top Secret material., and monitored, recorded and logged 
IOCC and IACC broadcasts during the commencement and
initial stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

There is nothing particularly remarkable about Alan’s
devotion to American ideals and his willingness to deploy -- other than the fact that when he flew to the Persian Gulf
to meet the “Guad” he was fifty-four years old!


Alan is a licensed Merchant Marine Officer.

Alan also served and sailed aboard the
USNS Mercy T-AH 19 as an Able Seaman of The Watch (Helmsman).

	Length: 894 feet (272.6 meters)
	Beam: 106 feet (32.3 meters)
	Draft: 33 feet (10 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 69,350 tons full load